Bessie Davidson b. 1879

Also known as Bessie Ellen Davidson
  • Artist
Originally from Adelaide and a student and friend of Margaret Preston, Bessie Davidson was a very successful artist. She spent the majority of her life in France where she received much recognition for her work, most notably the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur for Art and Humanity in 1931.
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Citations

  • Biven, Rachel (1976), 'Some Forgotten … Some Remembered’, Norwood, SA.

  • Carroll, Alison (1981), 'Visions after Light: Art in South Australia 1836-1981’, Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Hylton, Jane (1994), 'South Australian Women Artists 1890s-1940s’, Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Cameron Wilson, Shirley (1988), 'From Shadow into Light’, St Peter’s, SA.

  • Jane Hylton, 'Davidson, Bessie Ellen (1879–1965)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davidson-bessie-ellen-9907/text17541

See also

  • 'Heritage: section 3, plate 113'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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  • International Society exhibition (exhibited at)
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  • L'Exposition du Groupe Feminin (exhibited at)
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  • Modern Australian Women: paintings and prints 1925-1945 (exhibited at)
  • Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1 (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of French Art (exhibited at)
  • International Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • International Society exhibition (exhibited at)
  • L'Exposition du Groupe Feminin (exhibited at)
  • (Joint exhibition with Rose McPherson [Margaret Preston]) (exhibited at)
  • South Australian Society of Arts, Annual & Federal exhibitions (exhibited at)
  • Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art (exhibited at)
  • In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection (exhibited at)
  • Let's Face It (exhibited at)
  • South Australian Women Artists: paintings from the 1890s to the 1940s (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Modern Australian Women: paintings and prints 1925-1945 (exhibited at)